The Mystery of Princess Louise
Queen Victoria's Rebellious Daughter
$31.70
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2015
Summary
Spirited biography and quest to unearth the secrets of Princess Louise - a royal desperate to escape her inheritance
‘Satisfyingly replete with eye-popping stories’ - Observer
What was so dangerous about Queen Victoria’s artistic, tempestuous sixth child, Princess Louise?
When Lucinda Hawksley started to investigate, often thwarted by inexplicable secrecy, she discovered a fascinating woman, modern before her time, whose story has been shielded from public view for yea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845951542 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1845951549 |
| Author: | Lucinda Hawksley |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2015 |
| Weight: | 284g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 130mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
Satisfyingly replete with eye-popping stories of life at the various palaces
Satisfyingly replete with eye-popping stories of life at the various palaces – Rachel Cooke * Observer *
The fullest biography yet of a princess who was friends with Josephine Butler, a feminist and advocate for the health of sex workers, well deserves its place on the shelf – Lucy Worsley * Sunday Express *
Lively, engaging and buoyantly enthusiastic, Hawksley’s gallant but necessarily speculative book should encourage the royal archivists to stop being so protective – Miranda Seymour * Sunday Times *
I’ve always wanted to know more about Princess Louise… Biographies of Kate Perugini and Elizabeth Siddal – who moved in similar artistic circles – drew Hawksley to her. Court secrecy meant that resourcefulness was needed to write it – Ruth Richardson * Times Higher Education *
Hawksley’s entertaining and lengthy book gives a vivid insight into Victorian royal life and the repressions and sexual hypocrisies of those days – Anthony Looch * UK Press Syndication *
Hawksley’s book is a Victorian Squidgygate and offers the same kind of guilty pleasures – John Sutherland * The Times *
Full of glorious insight… This pacey exploration into “the real” Princess Louise will keep you hooked until the end * Family Tree Magazine *
Spirited and lively, The Mystery of Princess Louise is richly packed with arguments, intrigues, scandals and secrets, and is a vivid portrait of a princess desperate to escape her inheritance * Majesty *
Gripping… An utterly absorbing read – Elizabeth Fitzherbert * Lady *
Richly packed with arguments, intrigues, scandals and secrets. * Majesty *
About The Author
Lucinda Hawksley
Lucinda Hawksley is a writer and lecturer on art history and nineteenth-century history. She has written biographies of the pre-Raphaelite muse Lizzie Siddal, Charles Dickens, and Katey, one of Dickens’ children. She is the great great great granddaughter of Charles and Catherine Dickens and is a patron of the Charles Dickens Museum in London.
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